Improvement in sub-caliber



UNITED STATES FCE@ J'. l. Il ENRY, 0F KENTUCKY.

IMPRGVEMENT IN SUB-GAMBE?. RIFLEQ ?ROJEQTILES.

Speclicufon forming mutt of Li-tlcrs Potent No. 45,4162, (lated December l3,` 1864.

Boil: known rhzitlwl. L. i11NRY,0filie Siate lcclni-othnt the lilllowing is n full, clear, and

exact, description ihm-ooi', ifi'ii'enoo being had to tho accompanying drawings, and to ih@ lv.- y

tors o' rnllroncv nnirked illumini.

The nature oi' my invi-ntion wili no best undoi'siooil hy 'chl` following inscription thereof,

such projuclilvs being gcnornily known as Figure l iipicsnnis n seiiiioimi 'vii-,w of n swayed by iring.

shot adapted to a. aixpcnmdei Field-piena, in f which A is the boil; oi piojeotile, having.; il hnsv, l), ol nmilvnbl@ naomi, on which :i onpor 5 expansivo pol-lion, if., is i'oinied for weh-known pnrilosns. Th(x principio upon whioh such .Shot lifpnnil f1.1' cll'ictivenes s too woll understood tmvqnim :my i'vi'ifl'cnixolo ithere.. Tho mno o1' szlhoi hns ihren (or nim-vl snpporling iihs, B, forming: wilh iho has@ im integral.

A. Square ioiziss in tho reni vnfl oi' lic shot receivers a* corrvnponiling projection. 1)', on the sabot, :unl svi'ws io turn lin; )mit rotation lo ihn so 'lh holly of .'ho Shot' mnu-s :nightly lfrioliwinli io allow the noty canso this, lplace :i olivrgo of suitable vnmposiiion'(or 'pow'ilvf *n a small chamber, il, in the shot. which.V 1 :,Lj ignited on liiing', will hlow oil" ihn' huso soon nt'tci' leaving tho gain.

ot as he riiiL-s iinV 'Linton iising. iiis hnitonisdestroyed instantly, nini the spring (being in tension strongly) J:forces off tho has-e. immediately lifter leaving the gun. The not may 'on iii-mii oxpiosivo. l

As a @np is liable to get ont of form, prelr using a ying o soft brass mi the like, als seen ai E., Figs. 3 and f. ir, :may: im aound the disk very easiiy. anni zii-iii beinashed up soii'iciontig," nt firing for alii purposes.

The film nud also in@ projecion D', should ii easily the shot, the wiioie 'to be. held on by any, ligh. devioo which is io be broken oi' destoel sabot .formed as 'herein shown, lle 'fing H on il.7 may an er best. The construction shown may not on tho best, but is m :aber intended illustrate the general mechanical form of my sabot..

Ehe center of gravity is intended to fall about the ioczition given it at Gi", Fig. l, when this sabot is upon the shot. If desired, the shot inn-y ho lioilowod inwaid from the rear, so as to throw forward this point.

Vv'hai; cinim is 1. So Coinbiningwith v. projectiio z?. metallic snboas to canse ii, to 'ry oi on leaving the gnnb'y n force other than ibo action of the atmosphere alom7 snbstantiniiy :is descrilmd.

disk of a sabot or `bono of a projecile, for the pmfposes and substantially as seb forth.

J'. L. HENRY. y

Witnesses DAN. RowLAND, A. MOORE. 

